Year: 2024
Help Us Fight Hunger
MFA Oil, Break Time and Big O Tires are working with Feeding Missouri to fight hunger by addressing food insecurity and building stronger, more resilient communities throughout the Show-Me State. Please consider joining us in the fight against hunger! Your donation will help Feeding Missouri, a coalition of the six […]
New Petro-Card 24 Pumps Debut in Dadeville
The latest addition to the MFA Oil Petro-Card 24 network, a new location in Dadeville, Mo., provides a glimpse of upcoming improvements to the company’s more than 180 unattended fueling sites. The Dadeville location is equipped with new pumps and payment technology, making refueling comparable to what motorists typically experience […]
MFA Oil Names Feeding Missouri as Official Charity Partner
MFA Oil, a leading provider of energy products, is excited to announce Feeding Missouri as the company’s official charity partner. This strategic collaboration underscores MFA Oil’s commitment to community welfare and aligns with its values of supporting the communities it serves. Feeding Missouri, a network of six regional Feeding America […]
Thanks for Your Trust
MFA Oil was founded on the belief that farmers and ranchers would be best served by working with a cooperative. Fast forward 94 years, and that core belief and our purpose remain the same: to drive the success of our customers and communities through exceptional products and services. For us, […]
Setting a Grain Marketing Game Plan
Ben Brown meets many farmers in his role as an agricultural economist for the University of Missouri and MU Extension. During these interactions, he has discovered an unfortunate reality: Many farmers lack an exit plan for selling their grain. “I always encourage people to create a plan,” Brown said. “Farmers […]
Legacies in Leather
When telling the tale of Andy Dufresne’s prison escape in the classic 1994 film, “The Shawshank Redemption,” actor and narrator Morgan Freeman explains how Andy wears the warden’s shoes back to his jail cell, shoes that he had buffed to a “high mirror shine,” as instructed. Yet neither the guards […]
Meeting Members’ Needs
MFA Oil Company had good tidings to share with its members this past holiday season. The company announced that members would receive a combined $19.9 million in cash and equity in exchange for doing business with the co-op. The company announced the planned distribution at its 94th Annual Delegate Meeting […]
Growing Together
MFA Oil and MFA Incorporated Hold Third Annual Emerging Leaders in Agriculture Conference More than 80 young farmers and ranchers from Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa and Kansas traveled to mid-Missouri for the third annual Emerging Leaders in Agriculture Conference. MFA Oil and MFA Incorporated jointly hosted the event on Jan. 10-12 […]
Family Tradition
Clay Farms Has a Rich, 200-Year History Can you imagine what it takes to run a farm that has been continuously operated since before Missouri earned its statehood? What steps would it take to ensure its survival and safeguard its legacy? John Clay and his wife, DaLana, are well-acquainted with […]
10 Tips to Bulletproof Your Beef Operation
Beef producers can use a window of profitability to make their farm business more bulletproof. University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Joe Horner said successful beef producers can make small changes in three areas to make their farm less vulnerable to risks: plants, animals and business. Being good in just […]
Drought Creates Traffic Jam at Panama Canal
A withering drought has crippled one of the world’s most crucial maritime trade routes. Ships hoping to cross the Panama Canal have experienced significant delays since August 2023, when an unprecedented dry spell forced canal officials to limit traffic on the waterway. The Panama Canal requires 52 million gallons of […]
Teaching Life Skills
In the far reaches of northwest Missouri, there’s an FFA program where students operate two full greenhouses, an 8-acre row crop farm raising corn and soybeans, and a 3-acre livestock farm. This organization has two, 300-gallon tanks to raise catfish and tilapia and an aquaponics system that uses water from […]